A Vacuum That Will Change Your Life

06/04/2013

We were ready to purchase a new vacuum recently and I remembered my friend Molly had written about the one she’s in love with a loooooong time ago. I looked it up and it turns out she hasn’t written a post since then. Ehem, NOVEMBER. I’m poking fun at ya, Molly, but seriously: I admire you and I totally understand your busyness because I now have two toddlers around the age of 2 and you have TWIN toddlers AND two other boys. So, in short, you’re my hero. I think about you every time I bust out the double stroller.

Thank you for the endearing (and persuasive) post about your Makita BCL180W 18-Volt Compact Lithium-Ion Cordless Vacuum. We  purchased one for ourselves last week and I concur with every word you’ve written. In the spirit of short and sweet blog posts, please visit Molly’s blog if you want to fall in love with vacuuming again…or more likely, for the first time. Leave her some comment love. Maybe she’ll start sharing nuggets of brilliance on the interwebs again.

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If you don’t feel like clicking on the links above, let me give you bullet points on it’s awesomeness:

• it’s cordless so no stopping to plug it in 3-4 times through the house; no getting tangled on chair legs, dogs or kids. It also makes it convenient to grab after a meal and zip zap under the dining room table.

• it charges super fast, like 15-20 minutes. It stays charged for 10-15 minutes which is actually enough to get through the house because see bullet point above.

• it doesn’t use vacuum bags and the filter can be washed

• it’s fairly lightweight…at least compared to dragging a wheeled canister vacuum around the house

• the canister near the handle means that it can reach under furniture very well

• it can be used without the attachments like a dust buster

• it’s small and easy to store


Four Weeks

06/03/2013

The wee hours of Saturday morning marked 4 weeks since Buzz joined our household. I’m starting to regain normalcy in many aspects of my life. I’m caught up at work. I got our checkbook balanced a week ago. I worked out our family budget the other day. Bills are getting paid on time. Laundry is getting done. I’m pretty sure we’re no longer receiving meals from friends and generous neighbors. I’ve been keeping up with grocery shopping somewhat. I plan to actually cook some more complicated (than spaghetti) meals this week. I’m showering most days and remembering to feed the dog. The kids (and usually Jason and I) get three meals a day and snacks-o-plenty. There are lots of bums to wipe, booboos to kiss and hugs to give out everyday. We’re getting settled. One thing—appropriately at the bottom of the priority list, I suppose—that has not quite rebounded is blogging.

I miss this space to share and process and build community. I realize I need to lower the bar. I’d like to get back to M-F regular posting. I have all these big things going on around me that I want to write long, thoughtful posts about as I unpack it all from my brain…however that takes more time than I can spare just yet. I’m going to try my best to get back into regular posting by keeping them short and sweet.

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Because, I have a lot of other things to do, like draw chalk people on the driveway with two adorable little toddlers.